Fountain-pen blotting attachment



Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

INVENTOR ATTQRNEY B. W. ODOM.

FOUNTMN PEN BLOTT|NG. ATTACHMEN.T

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4.. l-QZL.

ame W om /famw WITN ESSE- PATENT OFFICE.

BLAIN'E W. ODOM, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

FOUNTAIN-PEN BLOTTING ATTACHMENT.

memes.

h To all whom t may concern:

material.

.its cap is removed to render the `Be it known that I, BLAINE W. ODoM, acitizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county ofDallas and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements inFountain-Pen Blotting Attachments, of which the following is aspeciication.

- The object of my present invention is the,

provision of a simple and eflicient blotting attachment for fountainpens and one that is adapted to be manipulated with great facility andis so constructed as not to detract from `the appearance of the pen whenused in the ordinary well known manner.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists `in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof Figure 1 isa'longitudinal diametrical section illustrative of so much of a fountainpen as is necessary to make clear the preferred embodiment of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is `a view showing my attachment in side elevation as the sameappears when blotting member ready for use.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the complete pen equipped with my novelattachment, and as the same appears with the pen in condition to becarried in the pocket.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings. y

rllhe 'fountain pen includes the usual reservoir member 1 by which thepen point 2 is carried,'and it also comprises a removable cover or guardmember 3 'for the en point.

The guard member 3 is provi, ed in its `outer end with a socket 4 toreceive a threaded plug 5 which is preferably of hard vul- -canizedrubber. This latter construction is in. accordance with my invention,land also in accordance with the invention a stem 6, preferably of metalis provided with an enlargement 7 which is fixed in the longitudinalcenyter of the lug 5 at the time of manufacture thereof. ounted on andrevoluble about the stem 6 is a roller 8 of blotting paper or otherappropriate blotting or ink absorbing 'Ihe said roller 8 is molded orotherwise formed in one piece and is of truncated cone configuration forobvious reasons. In order to assure free turning of 'the roller 8 aboutthe stem 6, a washer 9 is Specification of Letters Patent.

:Patented Aug. 9, 192,1.

Application filedv February 14, 1921. Serial No.444,741.

`also loosely mounted on the stem 6 atthe outer end of the roller 8, andthe outer end of the stem 6 is upset as indicated by 11 in order toretain the said washer 1() in working position.

y improvement also includes a cap 12 that is frictionally or otherwiseremovably secured on the cover or guard member 3.

Manifestly when the cap 12 is removed to expose the roller 8, the saidroller 8 may be4 conveniently rolled over the written matter to beblotted, and this when the guard member 3 is positioned on the reservoirmember 1 of the pen or is removed from the said reservoir member l.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that notwithstanding the utilityof my no-vel attachment and the facility with which the said attachmentmay be employed,l the attachment is simple and inexpensive inconstruction and is not liable to detract in any measure from the'finished and compact appearance of a fountain pen.

Having described my invention, what I .claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, 1s

1. A fountain pen attachment comprising a guard member in the outer endof which is a socket, a cap mounted on and removable from said guardmember, a plug secured in the said socket of the guard member, a stemhaving an enlargement at one end secured in the said plug and alsohaving its outer end upset, a blotting roller mounted on and revolubleabout the said stem, a washer loosely surrounding the stem andinterposed between the base of the rolle;l and the said plug, and awasher loosely mounted on the stem and'interposed between the outer endof the roller and the upset portion of the stem.

2. A fountain pen attachment comprislng a guard member in the outer endof which is a socket, a cap mounted on and removable from said guardmember, a plug secured in f the said socket of the guard member, a stemhaving an enlargement at zone end secured in the said plug, and ablotting roller mount- BLAiNE w. oDoM.

about the

